Bottle-filling machine



UNITE STATES ATENT Gr mes,

HERMAN WILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-FILLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 01 Letters Patent No. 314,280, dated March24, 1885.

Application filed September 10, 1883. Renewed December 5, 1884. (X0model.)

I the bottle-cup Z m To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN WILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois. haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Filling Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle filling machines in whichthe bottle is incased or held in a cup, to prevent the hands from beingout should the bottle break from extreme pressure in filling it; and,furthermore, it consists in having the cup automatically oscillateforward and backward on a horizontal axis, to enable the operator tochange the bottles in the cup, and also to bring the bottles under thefillinghead.

Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section takenthrough the center of the table.

The general table B, standards j, together with the foot lever O, whichovercomes the springs s s and draws down the filling-head c by means ofthe rods (1 d, and the cross-bars above and below, are not new inthemselves, nor claimed in this invention, except as connetted with thecam D and cup m, for moving the cup to and from the filling positionthrough the action of the foot-lever by moving the pin f.

It will be seen by the curved slot which constitutes the cam D that atthe extreme ends of the vertical movements the pinf does not actuate thecam sidewi'se at all. The hand-lever a is used to raise and lower therod 12, which hooks onto and draws up an internal stopper of the bottleit within the safety sereencnp Zm. Underneath the table represented by 0is a double metallic bracket to hold the horizontal pin 6, about whichthe cam-lever D oscillates, the bracket 0 also holding the pins 6 onboth sides of the cam-lever D to limit its motion, while the pin a isto'be used in disconnecting while it is emptied of any broken glass,8:0. The stirrup p,whioh holds the pin f, is rigidly fastened tothelower crossbar,r,and always moving in conjunction with the rods d d,the cam moving only as the pin passes the central portion of it, atwhich time it is necessary to throw the bottle from its verticalposition, as the filling-head is then sufficiently raised to allow theprojecting stopper to pass from under it and off of the hook. The cupmis made of perforated metal, and is also removable, so the broken glassmay be easily thrown out and the cup readily re-' placed. It issometimes necessary to have the cup and'bottle osciliate to the left orback side of the frame, so as to have the bottles taken out and replacedby an assistant to the operator. In such case it is accomplished byremoving the pins 6 and f, taking the cam D out, and reversing it,thereby causing the bottle to oscillate in the reverse direction.

The'operation is to place the bottle in its cup; then the operator bythe foot-lever causes both the pinsf and the filling-head c to come downsimultaneously. The pin f throws the bottle-cup immediately to avertical position, which is the proper one for filling. After thefilling-head has been brought down, the bottle is filled; then thestopper is drawn up, the filling-head raised, and the bottle is thrownto one side, as shown in Fig. 2, for a change of bottles.

I claim In a bottle-filling machine, the combination of bracket 0,cam-slotted lever D, pivoted therein and having a detachablesafety-screen, Zm,and stirrup p, haying pin f, as and for the purposeset forth.

HERMAN \VILL.

Witnesses:

WM. F. Hows, WILLIAM HAFNER.

(No Model.)

A. N. WILSON. FILTER.

No.f314,28 1. I Patgntd Mar. 24, 1885.

